Welcome Fourth Grade

Parents If you have a child in grades 5-8, please

see posted schedule on blackboard

General Info Sheet may be filled out now or tonight and returned tomorrow

Miscellaneous

Hand-written note or email the night before about any special circumstances.› Ex.: bathroom use, special seating, elevator

use, car/bus line, etc. $1.00/month for St. Francis Brown Bag

Lunch Scholastic Book Club – points earned for

every book purchased, to be used towards classroom books or materials

Homework board and Pack-up list

Miscellaneous

Breaks: Morning, Recess, Lunch, Afternoon/Dismissal

Copybook collection at end of every trimester White envelopes are sent home on Thursdays

and must be returned no later than Tuesday Tests:

› Test corrections below 80%. Add 1 or more points for every corrected answer. (Some exceptions)

› Be aware of test date changes

Classroom Website

Class Website› Homework and announcements posted

weekly› Homework copied every Monday for whole

week› Occasional daily updates› Other information

Daily Schedule/Specials Class List Back to School PP Resources

Pearson Success/Teacherease

Pearsonsuccessnet.com› Science book online› Reading – not entire story› Log on Sheets

Teacherease.com› Log on/password› Grades posted bi-weekly› Grades lower than 60% are entered as 60%,

actual grade will be noted

Expectations/Consequences/Rewards

Student-made expectations “Ready to Learn” Behavior Worksheet – signed by parent Rewards

Codes:› 3 codes = 1 detention› 3 detentions = 1 suspension› Unprepared for class 3 times = 1 code› Missed Homework = code, 2 points off homework

grade

Math Grading Scale:

› Tests: 70%› Quizzes: 20%› Homework: 10%

Simple Solutions quiz every Friday of lessons Monday-Thursday (1 dropped)

Test after every chapter (1-2 weeks notice) Notes taken in copybook for each lesson Homework

› Given Monday-Thursday in both workbooks› Do not do ahead of time!› Must use scrap paper to show all work or

homework will not count!

Math cont’d

Curriculum› Place Value› Rounding› Estimation› Money› Addition› Subtraction› Multiplication› Division› Measurement

› Time› Line Plots› Fractions› Add and Subtract

Fractions› Geometry› Perimeter and Area› Decimals› Intro to Algebra

ELA Grading Scale:

› Reading Tests: 30%› Grammar Tests: 20%› Spelling Tests: 15%› Grammar Quizzes: 10%› Homework: 10%› Writing: 15%

Grammar Quiz every Friday of lesson learned Monday-Thursday (1 dropped)

Reading and Spelling test every Friday on Story and words learned Monday-Thursday (1 Reading Test dropped)

Notes taken in ELA copybook Homework

› Given Monday-Thursday in Spelling workbook or copybook and grammar workbook

ELA cont’d Curriculum

› Declarative/Interrogative Sentences

› Imperative/Exclamatory Sentences

› Subjects/Predicates› Compound Sentences› Clauses/Complex Sentences› Common/Proper Nouns› Regular/Plural Nouns› Irregular Plural Nouns› Singular Possessive Nouns› Plural Possessive Nouns› Action/Linking Verbs› Main/Helping Verbs› Subject-Verb Agreement› Past, Present, Future Tenses› Irregular Verbs

› Singular/Plural Pronouns› Subject/Object Pronouns› Possessive Pronouns› Contractions/Negatives› Adjectives/Articles› Adverbs› Prepositions › Conjunctions› Quotations/Commas› Main Idea› Sequencing› Fact/Opinion› Poems› Narrative, Descriptive,

Persuasive, Expository Writing

Social Studies Grading Scale:

› Tests: 40%› Quizzes: 20%› Projects/Current Events: 30%› Class work: 5%› Homework: 5%

Quiz after every 1-2 lessons, notice will not always be given

Test after every chapter› 1-2 weeks notice given

Notes given in Social Studies binder, usually in outline form Homework given in Social Studies workbooks after each

lesson, not always given every night Current Events are assigned one per trimester. Details will

be sent home with your child.

Social Studies cont’d

Curriculum› Geography and Natural Regions of

Pennsylvania› Early Land and Settlement› Revolutionary War› Civil War› World War I and World War II› Government› Maps› Globes

Science Grading Scale:

› Tests: 40%› Quizzes: 20%› Projects/Labs: 30%› Class work: 5%› Homework: 5%

Quiz after every 1-2 lessons, notice will not always be given

Test after every chapter› 1-2 weeks notice given

Notes given in Science binder, usually in outline form Homework given in Science workbooks after each lesson,

not always given every night Science Fair takes place in November and is optional. It

will be counted as extra credit.

Science cont’d Curriculum

› Life Science› Animal and Plant

Characteristics› Life Cycles› Vertebrates/

Invertebrates› Human Body› Nervous System› Digestive System

› Circulatory System› Plant Structure› Earth and Space

Science› Water Cycle› Oceanography› Physical Science› Matter

Religion

Grading Scale:› Tests: 40%› Quizzes: 20%› Projects: 30%› Class work: 10%